John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to visit the Garden at a local winery to find the rare white edible borage herb. In this episode you will learn what parts of the borage plant is edible as well as how to collect and save the seeds its produces. The Borage is also called the starflower due to the shape of the beautiful flower.

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares 10 tips with you that can improve your garden and your life. In this episode John shares with you some of the things he is thinking about while gardening, and shares with you 10 tips that has helped him become a better person and a better gardener. By using some of these tips in your life, you may become a better gardener and a better person.

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how you can build a raised bed garden with NO tools and choose the best soil in your local area to fill it. In this episode, John builds a raised bed garden on a budget and with no tools (except a scissors) and shares with you in detail how you can start growing your own food today without any prior experience. John will share with you many tips in this epsiode which will be especially helpful for beginners that want to grow and organic raised bed garden. John will first share his tips on the best place to plant your garden. This is especially important if you have a homeowners association. John will also share with you the best low maintence crops you can grow even if you have a shady part of your yard. Next, John will go over all the materials that will be needed to build and plant out your raised bed garden with automatical irrigation system. You will even discover how to get some free local resources that will help you build your garden. John will then show you how easy it can be to construct a re-purposed shipping container into a raised bed garden and fill it with the best soil. John will spend a significant amount of time explaining the best local and bagged soils that you may be able to purchase near you. He will share his ideas on manure, raised bed soil, compost and more. John will share his favorite soils that he purchased locally at Home Depot, Lowes and Brite Ideas Hydroponic Shop. He will shares the pros and cons of each soil and give his personal opinions of them. John will share his two secret ingredients that most gardeners leave out due to cost or availability. He will then share with you how to best mix up the bagged soil products in the raised beds to get the most bang for your soil buck. After watching this Do It Yourself Raised Bed Episode, you will have the knowlege and confidence you need to build a raised bed and fill it with the best local soil that is available. Stay tuned for the next episode, that details how to install the irrigation system and how to plant all the plants. Referenced Video: Best Compost in Texas made from Trees and Leaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvmXjFJhQY Subscribe to GrowingYourGreens for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch over 1100 other GrowingYourGreens videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Help John buy a Farm and Get a Tee Shirt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ghgUmXvqBw

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you how he deals with diseased plants in the vegetable garden. You will also learn which vegetable plants grew disease free and which vegetables succumb to disease. In this episode, John visits his girlfriends parents garden to share with you some of the vegetables that grew well, and some that did not grow so well in the Houston, Texas area. First, you will learn some of the best growing and performing vegetables you should grow in your garden in coastal texas. Next you will discover some of the vegetables that did not do so well in houston and what John would do about these diseased plants. After watching this episode, you will better know what to do if your plants are diseased in your vegetable garden.. How to handle the situation and more importantly, how to avoid the situation in the future. Subscribe to Growing Your Greens for more videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=growingyourgreens Follow John on Instagram: https://instagram.com/growingyourgreens/ Watch all 1100+ GrowingYourGreens Episodes at: https://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens/videos Talk to John for 10 minutes https://www.fiverr.com/groworganic/be-your-organic-gardening-coach-for-10-minutes Referenced Videos: Perennial Vegetables for Houston at JRN Nursery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VzILo5xxKQ Best Organic Compost in Texas Made from Trees and Leaves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvmXjFJhQY